Daily Devotion

River of Life Christian Church ︳www.rolcc.net/english Acts 9:17-19 Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord - Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here - has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."  Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized, and after taking some food, he regained his strength. Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. When Saul met the Lord, he asked two most important questions in his life.  First, he said the Lord: "Lord, who are you?"  Later on, as recorded in Acts 26, he also asked: "Lord, what shall I do?"  The Lord answered his first question - He was Jesus whom Saul persecuted, but the Lord didn't really answer his second question.  I always wondered why the Lord didn't answer such an important question that concerning life.  The Lord just asked Saul to go to Jerusalem and that someone will guide him.  Then, God sent Ananias, who was an unknown believer in Damascus, to guide him. If God was to tell us our mission in life, we would hope that God will send a major apostle or prophet, like Billy Graham, to talk to us.  God, however, sent someone unheard of like Ananias to deliver His will in Saul's life.  Not only that, Saul spent three days blind and without food, and he prayed earnestly for God to remove the scales on his eyes; the scales, however, didn't fall off till Ananias prayed for him.  Why did God make the scales fall off when Saul was praying for himself?  Many people whom come before God to seek healing have the same attitude.  We often pray that God will heal us when we pray for ourselves so that we don't need others to lay hands for pray for us.  God nevertheless sent Ananias to lay hands on Saul, and Saul's eyes were opened. What happened was important for Saul; if God had directly answer Saul's question, or answered his prayer for restoring his eyesight, perhaps he would think that he'd never need other brothers and sisters and he could everything by himself.  God, however, clearly taught him a lesson when he was just starting to enter ministry, which is that he needs brothers and sisters, and he must humble himself to work with others.  For those of us who are serving God, may God also give us a humble heart, so that whenever we feel weak or ill, or when need guidance, we know that we need brothers and sisters in order to support each other and race forward.   Pray with Pastor Tong Liu        Lord, I thank you for teaching us such an important lesson.  As we serve you, let us not just depend on ourselves, but to understand that we need to work together with our  brothers and sisters in one accord, so that your beauty and glory may be manifested.  I thank you and I pray in the victorious name of Jesus, amen!